to torture, to torment, to agonize · to cause sorrow, to upset, to worry · to harass, to bother
çekim: geçmiş quälte · ortaç gequält · şimdiki quält · ulaç quälend
eş: foltern, misshandeln
köken: From Middle High German queln, from Old High German quellen, from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną. The vowel was lengthened in modern German under the influence of the related noun Qual. Cognates include Dutch kwellen, English quell, Old Norse kvelja, and further Old Church Slavonic жаль (žalĭ, “pain”), Old Armenian կեղ (keł, “sore, ulcer”).